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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Nigerian military jets bombed an Islamic State West Africa Province enclave at Badu village south of Gudumbali in Borno State over the weekend, killing more than forty fighters alongside a senior field commander. Defence headquarters confirmed on Monday, 12 October, that the air component of Operation Hadin Kai launched the strike after surveillance spotted armed…
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday swore in 68 lawyers as Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the ceremony opening the Supreme Court’s 2026/2027 legal year in Abuja. The new silks comprise 67 advocates and one academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri. Their admission into the Inner Bar is 11 more than last year’s…
Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja on Sunday, 11 October, to publish the identities of private firms printing ballot papers for the 2027 general election. The opposition standard-bearer raised alarms over whispers that the electoral umpire awarded major printing deals to Hitech Construction or its affiliate entities, pointing to…
A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to cancel all remaining taxpayer-funded television advertisements featuring President Donald Trump, three weeks before Americans vote in the November 3 midterm elections. Judge Jennifer Rochon of the Southern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order on Sunday night, barring the administration…
The Nigerian currency opened trading in a narrow band on Monday, 12 October, fetching approximately 1,332.49 naira to the United States dollar on the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market. Street dealers across the parallel market quoted the greenback between 1,370 naira for buyers and 1,380 naira for sellers, maintaining a modest premium over formal banking…
Russian missiles and jet-powered drones struck a Ukrainian gas production site, a petrol station, and residential districts in Kharkiv overnight into Monday, 12 October, killing several civilians and wounding dozens more. The deadly bombardment instantly shredded an energy ceasefire that United States President Donald Trump had unilaterally declared days earlier to curb surging global fuel…
As this year’s International Day of the Girl calls for an end to child marriage, Nigeria must confront what the practice takes from girls’ health, education, safety and freedom to choose. A girl should not have to become someone’s wife before she has had the chance to grow up. She should have time to finish…
Chief Justice of Nigeria Kudirat Kekere-Ekun inducted 68 legal practitioners into the Inner Bar in Abuja on Monday, 12 October, marking the official opening of the 2026/2027 legal year with the traditional conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The cohort comprises 67 court advocates and a single academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri,…
 President Donald Trump is weighing the immediate dismissal of US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle following serious allegations involving financial solicitations and lavish gifts during her confirmation process. Diplomatic protocol in Athens was shattered this week as allegations of financial impropriety and access-for-sale schemes placed United States Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle at the centre…
By N’Mazi Obiomah O. Igbokwe. W. B. Yeats gives us an unusually powerful metaphor for thinking about Nigerian politics, but the key is to use it as a political literary analogy, not as a prediction that a particular party or candidate will win. In The Second Coming, Yeats writes: “Turning and turning in the widening…